Quinn McPhail
Published: 10/10/18
CROON (ed.): The War Outside My Window (2018)
The War Outside My Window: The Civil War Diary of LeRoy Wiley Gresham, 1860-1865 edited by Janet Elizabeth Croon. Savas Beatie, 2018. Cloth, ISBN: 978-1611213881. $34.95. Georgia resident LeRoy Wiley Gresham (1847-1865) began...
Published: 10/3/18
EMERSON (ed.): “Don’t tell father I have been shot at” (2018)
“Don’t tell father I have been shot at”: The Civil War Letters of Captain George N. Bliss, First Rhode Island Cavalry edited by William C. Emerson with Elizabeth C. Stevens. McFarland,...
Published: 9/26/18
THOMAS: Wade Hampton’s Iron Scouts (2018)
Wade Hampton’s Iron Scouts by D. Michael Thomas. The History Press, 2018. Paper, ISBN: 9781467139380. $21.99 Robert E. Lee was a general who cherished the military initiative as a key component to strategic and...
Published: 9/12/18
HARDY: Kirk’s Civil War Raids Along the Blue Ridge (2018)
Kirk’s Civil War Raids Along the Blue Ridge by Michael Hardy. The History Press, 2018. Paper, ISBN: 978-1625858467. $21.99. Officially promoted to Colonel of the Third North Carolina Mounted Infantry (US) on...
Published: 9/9/18
GURA: Man’s Better Angels (2017)
Man’s Better Angels: Romantic Reformers and the Coming of the Civil War by Philip F. Gura. Harvard University Press, 2017. Cloth, ISBN: 9780674659544. $29.95. Most historians are aware of John Brown,...
Published: 9/5/18
NASH: Reconstruction’s Ragged Edge (2016)
Reconstruction’s Ragged Edge: The Politics of Postwar Life in the Southern Mountains by Steven E. Nash. University of North Carolina Press, 2016. Cloth, ISBN: 978-1469626246. $39.95. In examining Reconstruction historiography, Appalachia is...
Published: 8/29/18
HARDY: General Lee’s Immortals (2018)
General Lee’s Immortals: The Battles and Campaigns of the Branch-Lane Brigade in the Army of Northern Virginia, 1861-1865 by Michael C. Hardy. Savas Beatie, 2018. Cloth, ISBN: 978-1611213621.$34.95. Civil War history and...
Published: 8/22/18
PFANZ: Where Valor Proudly Sleeps (2018)
Where Valor Proudly Sleeps: A History of Fredericksburg National Cemetery, 1866-1933 by Donald C. Pfanz. Engaging the Civil War Series at Southern Illinois University Press, 2018. Paper, ISBN: 978-0809336456. $26.50. Today, the Fredericksburg...
Published: 8/21/18
COLLINS: A Crooked River (2018)
A Crooked River: Rustlers, Rangers, and Regulars on the Lower Rio Grande, 1861-1877 by Michael L. Collins. University of Oklahoma Press, 2018. Cloth, IBSN: 978-0806160085. $29.95. “It has often been said,” Michael L....
Published: 8/15/18
LLOYD: Harbor of Spies (2018)
Harbor of Spies: A Novel of Historic Havana by Robin Lloyd. Lyons Press, 2018. Cloth, ISBN: 978-1493032266. $24.95. Regardless of what skeptics claim, the Civil War was fought over the issue of...
Published: 8/8/18
LOPERFIDO (ed.): Death, Disease, and Life at War (2018)
Death, Disease, and Life at War: The Civil War Letters of Surgeon James D. Benton, 111th and 98th New York Infantry Regiments, 1862-1865 edited by Christopher E. Loperfido. Savas Beatie, 2018. Paper, IBSN: 978-1611213591. $16.95. The...
Published: 7/25/18
TAGG: The Generals of Shiloh (2017)
The Generals of Shiloh: Character in Leadership, April 6-7, 1862 by Larry Tagg. Savas Beatie, 2017. Cloth, ISBN: 978-1611213690. $32.95. The Generals of Shiloh is designed to be a companion for anyone reading one...
Published: 7/18/18
MALAVASIC: The F Street Mess (2017)
The F Street Mess: How Southern Senators Rewrote the Kansas-Nebraska Act by Alice Elizabeth Malavasic. University of North Carolina Press, 2017. Paper, ISBN: 978-1469635521. $29.95. As a catalyst for party realignment, trigger...
Published: 7/11/18
HESS: The Battle of Peach Tree Creek (2017)
The Battle of Peach Tree Creek: Hood’s First Effort to Save Atlanta by Earl J. Hess. University of North Carolina Press, 2017. Cloth, ISBN: 978-1469634197. $37.50. On the night of July 17, 1864,...
Published: 7/4/18
GREENE: A Campaign of Giants (2018)
A Campaign of Giants: The Battle for Petersburg: Volume 1: From the Crossing of the James to the Crater by A. Wilson Greene. University of North Carolina Press, 2018. Cloth, ISBN: 978-1-4696-3857-7....
Published: 6/27/18
FRENCH: Phantoms of the South Fork (2017)
Phantoms of the South Fork: Captain McNeill and His Rangers by Steve French. Kent State University Press, 2017. Cloth, ISBN: 978-1-60635-309-7. $39.95. In this narrative history, Steve French sheds light on...
Published: 6/20/18
CUTRER: Theater of a Separate War (2017)
Theater of a Separate War: The Civil War West of the Mississippi River, 1861–1865 by Thomas W. Cutrer. University of North Carolina Press, 2017. Cloth, ISBN: 978-1469631561. $40.00. As the subject evidenced in...
Published: 6/13/18
BALLARD: William Edmondson “Grumble” Jones (2017)
William Edmondson “Grumble” Jones: The Life of a Cantankerous Confederate by James Buchanan Ballard. McFarland & Company, 2017. Paper, ISBN: 978-1476670768. $39.95. On June 8, 1864, three days after the Confederate...